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` C. E. MALMQUIST & 0. H. PREDRICKSON.`

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.APELIOATIONTILBID JAN.20, 1908.

Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

.fill Invii! E`V z iiniTnn sTaTns raTnnT CARL E. MALMQUIST AND OSKAR HNFREDRIGKSON, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

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No. 914,493. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented March 9, 1909.

Application filed January 20, 1908. Ser-iai No. 411,751. I

To all whom 'Lt may concern: cured to walls 1 about the letter openings Be it known that we, CARL E. MALiviQUis'r thereof so as to confine the light rays. and OSKAR H. FREDRICKSON, both citizens of Between the side walls 1 and 3 are provided the United States ol' America, and residents compartments or spaces 4, Vfor reception of of the city of Seattle, in the county of King the illuminating means 5, shown as consistce,

and State of Washington, have invented ing of a number of electric lamps. As now lcertain new and use'l'ul Improvements in constructed, the desired illumination is ob- Signs, of which the Afollowing is a speciicatained by placing one electric lamp approxition. mately midway the length of each side wall io Our invention relates to certain new and 1, said lamps being removably supported 65 useful improvements in signs of the illumiin openings in said wall on suitable supports nated type and has 'for its primary object 6 fitted in said openings, whereby said lamps to provide an improvement of this nature can be removed from frame 1. Walls 3 are which while being comparatively simple in provided at their inner edges with openings i5 construction and inexpensive to manufac- 7 and said reflector, directly opposite open- 70 ture, embraces certain features which render ings 7, is preferably cut out, as at 8, so that it very efficient in operation. the light rays projected through a single lith the above and other objects in view, opening 7 will strike both sides or faces of to be referred to as the description progresses, the reilector.

2o the invention resides in the structural Reference numeral 9 indicates hollow fac- 75 features, combinations and arrangement of ings corresponding in form to the letter openarts hereinaiter described and succinctly ings and iittings thereover. The side walls defined in the claims hereto annexed.

ofv facings 9 are provided with vflanges 9 Relerring now to the accompanying` through which suitable securing means, as

5 drawing, in which like numerals of reference 10, can be passed for securing said facing to 80 indicate like parts throughout, Figure 1 is a walls 1. Projecting outwardly from the view in front elevation of one letter conouter walls of facings 9 are 'flanges 11, which structed in accordance with our invention, conform in outline to the form of the letter parts being broken away, and Fig. 2 1s a openings and prevent undue spreading of' :o section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. the light rays. Facings 9, are formed of 85 Referring now to the drawing by numerals glass or other suitable material so as to be oil' reference 1 indicates a suitable frame transparent or substantially so so that the composed of spaced walls 1 and side walls illuminating means on the interior of the 1 to which spaced walls 1 may be secured frame will effect the display of the letters or 5 in any desired manner. Frame 1 may be ol' symbols in a clearly cut manner, without the 90 any suitable length and provided with any lamps being seen by the observer. number oi' letter openings or openings of Having thus described our invention, what other form as will be readily understood, we claim as new and desire to secure by and 'further if desired only one wall 1 need Letters Patent ot' the United States of Ameri0 be formed with said openings. ln the presica, is: 95

ent drawing however, we have illustrated a 1. Tn an illuminated sign, a frame having two faced letter frame, which as illustrated, a front wall formed with a letter opening, a representing the letter E, is in operation facing of glass for the said opening, a rearasseinbled with other letters to constitute wardly disposed reflector extending across 5 the desired subject matter Ylor display. said letter opening, walls extending from said 100 Reference numeral 2 indicates a reflector, reilector and secured to said front wall adjathe same consisting of a wall arranged in cent the edges of said letter opening, said frame 1 and having its opposite sides or last named walls diverging inwardly and faces polished or painted or otherwise being formed with openings, and illuminatmade reflective. Rellector2 extends entirely ing means arranged so that the light rays 10.) across the letter openings in walls 1 and willbe projected through the openings in said being well spaced from said walls 1 as last named walls onto said reifiector. clearly shown in Fig. 2. Extending 'from 2. In an illuminated sign, a frame having the edges of reflector 2 are walls 3, the same spaced walls each formed with a letter open- 5 diverging inwardly and being suitably sen ing a reflector arranged in said frame be- 11o tween said spaced Walls thereof and being means can be projected on opposite sides of spaced therefrom, inwardly diverging Walls said reiiector. 'A extending from said reflector to the spaced Signed at Seattle, Washington this 14th Walls of said frame and arranged about the day of January 1908.

5 letter opening thereof, compartments in CARL E MALMQUIST said frame to the outer sides of said converge ing Walls, and illuminating means arranged OSKAR H' FREDRICKSON in the compartments of said frame, said di'- Witnesses: verging Walls being formed with openings STEPHEN A. BROOKS, 10 so that the light rays from said illuminating FRANK Ei ADAMS. 

